1/8/2014 Accountability…it works! DATIA WEBINAR January 2014 DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 1
1/8/2014 DR. GEORGE B. ELDER • 32 Year Career as Independent School Headmaster/President • Implemented Hair Testing Program at Tuscaloosa Academy in 2005 • Vice President of Schools & Colleges at Psychemedics Corporation 2
1/8/2014 AN INCREASING PROBLEM… 3
1/8/2014 SURVEY RESULTS: DRUG USE AT SCHOOL 4
1/8/2014 WHO IS DRUG TESTING? 5
1/8/2014 DRUG TESTING METHODS WINDOWS OF DETECTION Days of Usage Analyzed Hair Testing Identifies Historical Patterns of Substance Abuse 6
1/8/2014 ALCOHOL TESTING 7
1/8/2014 WHY TEST FOR ALCOHOL IN ADOLESCENTS? 8
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1/8/2014 http://chesterfieldsafe.org/ForParents/UnderageDrinking.aspx 10
1/8/2014 NEW TOOLS FOR OLD CHALLENGES NEW TOOLS FOR OLD CHALLENGES Alcohol EtG Hair Test Alcohol EtG Hair Test � A test that measures average alcohol consumption over a period of approximately three months � Indicates the level of alcohol use during that time period � Can provide a behavioral indication of excessive use 11
1/8/2014 WHAT IS BEING TESTED � EtG (ethyl glucuronide) – a trace metabolite of ethanol and a direct alcohol biomarker. � Alcohol is not deposited directly into the hair – it first breaks down into ethanol byproducts. � EtG is water soluble and can be detected in various body fluids and in hair. 12
1/8/2014 HOW IS IT MEASURED � EtG is measured in pg/mg � Follows the guidelines determined by the World Health Organization in association with the Society of Hair Testing � The test identifies those consuming as low as 8-16 drinks on average per week (Mild to Moderate Consumption) � Excessive consumption (30 pg/mg +) is an average of 4-6 drinks per day – consumed over 3 months LEVEL RESULT 0 - 4.9 pg/mg Negative 5 – 29.9 pg/mg Mild to Moderate Consumption 30 + pg/mg Excessive Alcohol Consumption *A 12 ounce beer, a 4 ounce glass of wine, and one - ounce of 80 proof distilled spirits is the equivalent amount of one alcoholic drink. 13
1/8/2014 NEWS HEADLINES IN 2013 School to Randomly Test Kids' Hair for Alcohol… High School to Begin Testing All Students for Drugs, Alcohol… Chicago-Area Catholic High School Begins Alcohol Testing… Illinois High School to Snip Students' Hair to Test for Alcohol Use… All Students to Submit to Drug Testing… 14
1/8/2014 HIGH SCHOOL CASE STUDY The 1 st US School to Implement EtG Test 15
1/8/2014 RESULTS 16
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1/8/2014 BOTTOM LINE 18
1/8/2014 CASE STUDY #2 19
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1/8/2014 RESULTS 21
1/8/2014 IMPACTS OF SCHOOL TESTING PROGRAMS 22
1/8/2014 “Drug testing shows a "I fully support it. I think it's a commitment to the health of wise decision. Kids are faced the student. Drug testing with lots of outside influences allows the student to take and it just reinforces the rules Director of Public School System Parent of High School Student responsibility for their at home that there should be choices.” no drugs or alcohol." "We are insistent in our belief “Universities can educate or that drugs and alcohol use is enable. As an educator, I not a necessary component of strongly believe in drug youth and we are drawing a testing. We need to educate line in the sand about that," and support our students, he said. "The use of drugs and Dean of Students at a University Principal of Preparatory School while giving them another alcohol is illegal and has a reason to say no. If drug documented negative impact testing saves one life, it is on developmental and worth everything.” academic progress." 23
1/8/2014 DR. GEORGE B. ELDER VP, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION GeorgeE@psychemedics.com OFFICE: 931-924-3143 CELL: 931-636-8150 www.schooldrugtesting.com 24
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